John Otis
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Three Americans describe their time in captivity — and criticize famous hostage Ingrid Betancourt
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 00:00
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1881510,00.html?iid=tsmodule
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 00:00
All told, the guerrillas, the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), got nothing out of the Cali operation — and they finally seem to have come to the conclusion that their decade-long orgy of political hostage-taking has gotten them nowhere
Friday, February 6, 2009 - 00:00
Now that Betancourt and the rest of the country’s political hostages have been liberated — the final hostage was released Feb. 5 — some are using their notoriety as gritty survivors to run in next year’s presidential and congressional elections
Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 00:00
If prices don’t rebound soon, the countries will be forced to cut spending on popular programs or dig into their reserves
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 00:00
The company, however, was on the verge of collapse. This month, Colombian authorities closed it down in a nationwide sting operation against pyramid schemes
Monday, November 3, 2008 - 00:00
Inquiry finds the army killed slum dwellers, then said bodies were those of rebel guerrillas
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 00:00
After five years of robust economic growth in Latin America, the global financial crisis appears set to bring its boom to a swift and painful halt
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 00:00
A former Colombian lawmaker who had been held hostage for eight years escaped alongside one of his guerrilla captors, then walked through the jungle for three days until stumbling upon an army patrol Sunday.
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 00:00
Amid a military offensive that has vastly improved security in Colombia, soldiers are spending longer periods in rain-forest zones swarming with sand flies